Mirror-frame.



PATENTED APR. 4, 1905.

L. B. PRAHAR. MIRROR FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 160

WIT/158858:

No. reams.

UNiTED STATES Patented April 4, 1995,

LOUIS B. PRAHAR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MlRROR-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,67 6, dated April 1, 1905.

Application filed January 6, 1905. Serial No. 239,84.

To all whom it nut-y concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis B. PRAHAR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mirror-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide an improvement upon the construction shown in the patent granted to me September 13, 1904, No. 770,106, for a similar article, wherein the frame is made in two pieces, which necessitates complete new dies each time the design on the handle is changed, whereas under the construction sought to be protected the frame is made in three partsnamely, a back section in one piece, including a closed body member and a handle member, and a front section consisting of a bezel and front handle member in independent pieces, rendering it possible when a change of design is desired in the front handle member or the bezel to provide but a single new die for the member to be changed.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the'flgures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the back section of the mirror-frame. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the two independent members which constitute the front section of the frame, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the complete frame and the mirror held thereby.

A represents the back section of the frame, which is in one piece and comprises a solid body member 10 of circular formation and a handle 11 of any desired shape. The said section A is provided with a complete marginal forwardly-extending flange 12.

B represents the front section of the frame, comprising a bezel 13, having a rearwardlyextending marginal flange 14 and a front handle member 15, which front handle member 15 is provided with a rearwardly-extending flange 16, the flange being at the bottom and side marginal portions of the said front handle member, as is indicated in Fig. 3, and the upper portion 16 of the front handle member 15 is so shaped that it will fit smoothly upon the outer lower face of the bezel 13.

When the parts are to be assembled, the mirror 17, provided with a suitable backing 18, is placed in the bezel 13, and the flange of the said bezel is then made to enter the solid body portion 10 of the back section A, the flange of the bezel being then in engagement with that portion of the flange 12 f the back section which surrounds the body member thereof. Then the front handle-section is made to enter the back handle-section 11, the flanges of the two handle members being substantially in contact, and finally the marginal flange 12 of the back section A is closed forwardly over the bezel member 13 and the handle member 15 of the front section, eflectually connecting all of the members of the front and the back sections, rendering the frame almost as strong as if made entirely in one piece. The manner in which the flanges are clamped together is clearly illustrated at 19 in 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A mirror-frame, comprising a front and a rear section, the rear section including a circular body member and a handle member in one piece, said back section being provided with a forwardly-extending marginal flange, the front section consisting of a bezel having a rearwardly-extending flange adapted to enter the body-section of the back, and a front handle-section provided with a rearwardlyextending side and bottom marginal flange, which front handle member is adapted to enter the handle member of the back section and engage with the bezel, the marginal flange of one section being in clamping engagement with the members of the opposing section substantially throughout their entire marginal surfaces, as described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a mirror-frame consisting of a back section constructed in one piece and including tSOllLl lronthznnlle member to enter the handle membody member and n hzmclle H10l1'1b8l,ll1(litf0? l ber of the back section, as described.

\vzn'clly-extencling' nizn'gii'nil flange extending around the entire section, and :t front section including a bezel and a front handle member, one independent cl the other, each being provided With a rearWan-Lllyextencling' marginal flange, the bezel being adapted to enter the body m mber of the back section and the to this specification in the presence ofitwo subscribing Witnesses.

LOUIS B. PR1 EAR. Witnesses:

J. FRED. AOKEB, JNO. M. BITTER.

. ln testimony whereof I. have signed my name i 

